Blog Tour & Excerpt: Lovers At Heart by Melissa Foster

Title: Lovers at Heart  

Author: Melissa Foster 

Series: Love in Bloom: Snow Sisters & The Bradens #4; Love in Bloom: The Bradens #1 

Published: December 2013, World Literary Press  

Source: ATOMR Tours & Events

Lovers at Heart is
a steamy contemporary romance with alpha male heroes and sexy,
empowered women. They’re flawed, funny, passionate, and very relatable
for readers who enjoy adult romance, contemporary romance, and women’s
fiction. Enjoy Lovers at Heart as a stand-alone novel or for more
enjoyment, read the entire Love and Bloom series (nine full-length
novels featuring the Snow Sisters and the Bradens).

Handsome,
wealthy resort owner Treat Braden is used to getting what he wants. When
Max Armstrong walked into his life six months earlier, he saw right
through the efficient and capable façade she wore like a shield, to the
sweet, sensual woman who lay beneath. She sparked an unfamiliar desire
in him for more than a one-night stand, leaving his heart reeling and
his blood boiling. But one mistake caused her to turn away, and now,
after six months of longing for the one woman he cannot have, he’s going
home to try to forget her all together.

Max Armstrong has a
successful career, a comfortable lifestyle, and she’s never needed a man
to help her find her way–until Treat Braden caught her attention at a
wedding in Nassau, causing a surge of emotions too reminiscent of the
painful past she’d spent years trying to forget. Max will do anything to
avoid reliving that pain–including forgoing her toe-curling,
heart-pounding desire for Treat.

When a chance encounter turns
into a night of intense passion, Treat realizes that the mistake he made
six months earlier may cause him to lose Max completely. He will do
everything within his power to win her heart forever–and Max is forced
to face her hurtful past head on for the man she cannot help but love.

About the author: Melissa Foster is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling and award-winning author.
She writes contemporary romance, new adult, contemporary women’s
fiction, suspense, and historical fiction with emotionally compelling
characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Her
books have been recommended by USA Today’s book blog, Hagerstown Magazine, The Patriot, and several other print venues. She is the founder of the Women’s Nest, a social and support community for women, and the World Literary Cafe.   When she’s not writing, Melissa helps authors navigate the publishing industry through her author training programs on  Fostering Success. Melissa has been published in Calgary’s Child Magazine, the Huffington Post, and Women Business Owners magazine. 

Melissa enjoys
discussing her books with book clubs and reader groups, and welcomes an invitation
to your event.

Authors Links: 

Website   |   Twitter   |   Facebook  |   Pinterest   |   Goodreads

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Excerpt:

“OKAY, THE SHOW is over.” Max ran her eyes over the
crowd as her voice boomed into the raging crowd.

“Let’s give Mr. Dean some space to continue driving
through. He’ll be signing autographs and answering questions after his appearance.”
Max’s gaze landed on the handsome man towering above the crowd, with a gorgeous
woman in his arms and a smile on his lips. She froze as he spun the woman to
the side and his face came into view. Oh God. Her pulse soared, and—damn
it—the butterflies in her stomach that she thought she’d annihilated six months
earlier roared to life with a vengeance. She stumbled backward, and one of the
security guards was quick to grab her until she found her footing.

“Max! You okay?”

The security guard’s voice wrenched her back to the
chaos. She tore her eyes from Treat and whomever the woman was that he was
holding as if she meant everything in the world to him, and she blinked away
the unexpected tears that threatened her steely reserve.

“Clear a path or you’ll be removed from the premises
for the rest of the festival.” Even she could hear the difference in her voice,
the weakness. Damn it. Her eyes darted back to Treat, who was staring at
her with an incredulous look on his face. Suddenly painfully aware of her jeans
and T-shirt, the ponytail in her hair, and—oh God—how she must look like
a crazy woman standing on top of the car, she clambered down to the ground as
the crowd surprisingly obeyed her orders and began to dissipate. Threats of
eviction usually worked.

She turned off the intercom and fumbled for her keys.
Treat was heading her way. She wouldn’t be caught dead speaking to him after
the way he’d blown her off six months earlier. The woman he was
with now was stunning, and obviously well connected, and it was abundantly
clear by the way Treat looked at her that she was exactly what he wanted.

“Max,” he called.

His smooth, deep voice was enough to send her heart
aflutter. She cursed under her breath as she started the car and navigated
around the crowd. She glanced in her rearview mirror, grasping the steering
wheel with trembling hands. Damn him for having this effect on her. Treat stood
alone in his dark suit, watching Max’s car, while his beautiful companion
looked on with a confused expression on her face.

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LOVERS AT HEART (Love in Bloom: The
Bradens, #1)

By Melissa Foster 

New Adult/Adult Contemporary
Romance

Published December 27, 2013

Published by World Literary
Press 

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